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Bedside terminals address hospital hygiene challenge
5 February 2008
JAOtech has announced that all of its hospital bedside terminals are
being manufactured using plastics injected with Novaron, a silver-based
inorganic anti-microbial agent. JAOtech says its terminals are the only
PCs specifically designed to UL60601 standards for hygienic hospital
ward environments, and featuring sealed construction suitable for deep
cleaning with standard hospital detergents.
JAOtech terminals are supplied as a one-piece unit, with all of the
electronics and a touchscreen contained in a single case sealed to IP65
at the front and IP64 at the back. JAOtech has tested its hardware for
exposure to most cleaning agents used in hospitals including alcohol,
methylene chloride, methyl ethyl ketone and acetone.
Novaron has been found to be effective in inhibiting the growth of
the SARS virus and has been approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and
is employed in numerous antimicrobial processed products both in Japan
and overseas.
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